Â?Zach is talking to other schools,Â? FrazerÂ?s father, David, said via cell phone Sunday. Â?HeÂ?s doing his homework, but no decision has been made.Â?

The 6-foot-5, 226-pound sophomore-to-be from Mechanicsburg, Pa., was in Florida this weekend, according to his father, and could not be reached for comment.

David Frazer acknowledged Miami (Fla.), Louisville, Rutgers, East Carolina, Connecticut and a handful of Mid-American Conference schools were in the running if, in fact, Zach Frazer does leave Notre Dame.

ND head coach Charlie Weis was unavailable for comment.

Zach Frazer has not asked for or been granted his release at this point. What the ND athletic department has granted the QB is permission to contact other schools and vice versa.

Â?Notre Dame has been working very well with us,Â? David Frazer said. Â?Charlie Weis has been very cooperative and, I believe, is looking out for the best interests of Zach. And Charlie has even said, heÂ?s not doing anything to push Zach out the door. If Zach wants to stay heÂ?d love to have him.Â?

But if Zach Frazer does stay, heÂ?ll open the fall as the No. 4 quarterback on the depth chart, with very limited chances of rising anywhere near the top this season. Weis announced May 30 that spring football had yielded three candidates to compete in August for the right to succeed Brady Quinn as NDÂ?s No. 1 quarterback Â? junior Evan Sharpley, sophomore Demetrius Jones and freshman Jimmy Clausen.

Summer school at Notre Dame starts June 18, and Zach Frazer must begin the summer session that day in order to guarantee his scholarship.

Â?IÂ?m letting Zach make his own decision, because itÂ?s his life,Â? David Frazer said. Â?The bottom line is heÂ?ll go wherever he can play. Whether thatÂ?s at Notre Dame or somewhere else, thatÂ?s still wide open.Â?